Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-05
WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS.
Notes Gathered From Here and There oI
the Political Current.

Notes Gathered From Here and There ON
the Political Current.
Senator Dawson, of the Preston Journal,
in the last issue OF his paper, discusses at
considerable length the power Of the Leg
islature TO elect q Senator ut the called
session, and the wish doubtless being
father to the thought, considerably de-
cides that it must not attempt to elect but
allow Mr. Lucas to hold his seat until the
next regular session in 1889. 1t is pretty
generally known that Senator Dawson Is
| the kind OF Statesman who puts his duty
and obligation to his party very much in
advance Of his duty and obligation To his
State, but it was scarcely to be expected
that even q bigoted partisan of narrow
views wOuld be found counSeling a course
in direct opposition to the constitution he
is sworn to support and maintain. The
| language of that instrument Is clear and
plain, and it is clouded by no ambiguity
behind which 4 refuge can be had to violate
its mandates. Grafton Standard Enter
prise.
Why should the Republicans vote 10 go
into an election? We think there shOnld
be forty votes cast plump against by Re-
publicans and Greenhackers. Ii the anti
| Camden and the Camden Democrats
vote to 90 into an election, all well
aud good We hardly think all will. Be
that Us it may, tits q question for the
! Democracy to settle. and good Republican
policy would seem to us to dictate that
the Republicans must vote Squarely against
opening mp the question again They
have good and sufficient grounds to rest
upon, and their legal position would be
at least as sound rs that of their adver-
saries. - PrdkeTs5Wrg Journal
The State Journal advises the Republic
can members of the Legislature to vote
against reOpening the Senatorial fight at
the special session on the ground that
they are sworn to support the State con-
stitutiOn and must. or may therefore dis
regard the article in the Federal consti-
\ tuition requiring a ballot at 1.-THE next
meeting" Ofthe Legislature. This coming
from an organ of the party which claims
that States must stand aside when their
laws conflict with those of the Federal
government is extraordinary advice
CldrkSbarg NelrS
Col Beckwith in accepting the nomina-
1
county, last Tuesday, announced that he
was opposed to going into an election for
U. S. Senator at the special session; that
il q majority of the Democrats favored
doing so and Dir. Camden's friends prom
ised that his name would not be before
the caucus, then, and then only, would he
act with the Democratic party on that
question. This is the sort of q Democrat
Jefferson county proposes to send to Char
lesion to teach the new doctrines of Jeffer-
sonian Democracy. 1t means that Jeffer-
son county is going TO run things TO suit
| herself or burst the machine. 1t means
that the desperate politicians who have
undertaken to rule OF ruin the Democratic
party OF the State, are bent upon defeating
the election Of a Senator by the present
Legislature, in order to permit Lucas to
hold on to his EhiraORf
IadcE.
At the Democratic primary in Jeffer-
son county, the anti-Camden men
carried every precinct in the county
but two, which insures the nomination Of
a man who will think Mr.. Lucas thoughts
and take up Mr. Lucas work where that
gentleman laid it down. We are not sur
Prised at this RESULT The question as put
was whether home people should sustain
home man. And they decided that they
would. That is all there is in It. The re-
suit contains no reflection upon Mr.. Cam
den, much less is it condemnation Of the
idea Of the unity Of party action through
the instrumentality Ofa caucus. The peo-
ME Of Jefferson did not want 20 mass a vote
Of eensure upon their own representatives
for the benefit Of somebody else's represen-
tative. - KaRaaola Gaztttc.